Scorned driver responsibility fees to be phased out

2:57 AM,
Jun. 13, 2014

Written by

Kathleen Gray
Gannett Michigan

Driver responsibility fees, ranging from $100 to $2,000, will be phased out under legislation that received unanimous approval in the Senate on Thursday.

The House already has passed the bills, but need to concur on minor changes before the bill moves to Gov. Rick Snyder for his signature.

The fees were passed in 2004 to help fill a budget hole created when Michigan's economy faltered. And it did fill a hole, raising between $99 million and $115 million a year, mostly for the state's general fund. ...